​Jonathan Gabb received prize money of £1000, a three-month residency and a solo show of new work at WW Contemporary Art, London (9th January - 2nd February 2013).

The shortlisted artists were Emma Cousin, Calum James Crowther, Dexter Dymoke, Elly Thomas and Wendy Nelson who also won the visitor's vote. All shortlisted artists were commissioned to create work for WW Editions, which were on display in the WW shop throughout 2012-2013.

The winner and runners up were selected from a longlist of 37 exhibiting artists whose work was exhibited at WW Contemporary Art, London, 1 - 25 August 2012.

A presentation of work by all these artists can be found below.

Thank you once again to our 4 judges: Sheila McGregor (Chief Executive, Axis, the online resource for contemporary art) Helen Sumpter (Art writer and Deputy Visual Art Editor of Time Out London) Kate Davis (Artist & Tutor in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art) Deb Covell (Artist & Co-founder Platform-A Gallery, Middlesbrough).

SOLO AWARD WINNER 2012

Jonathan Gabb

Jonathan Gabb was the recipient of the 2012 SOLO Award, which comprised £1000, a 3-month residency and a solo exhibition at WW Contemporary Art in January 2013. This publication presents a catalogue of the new works created, installation images of his solo show 'SYSTEM' and three specially commissioned texts by Helen Sumpter (senior editor, Art Review), Deb Covell (artist and co-founder, Platform A Gallery, M'brough) and Francesca Brooks (freelance writer), plus a foreword by Debra Wilson & Chiara Williams (directors, WW Gallery).

Selection of artists' feedback

“I am delighted at the response to my painting. It is more rewarding than I could have hoped for. The show has given me much in terms of perspective, support and energy. It has fuelled my work for the last month and continues to influence it. Thank you!” Emma Cousin (London-based artist)“It's been a delight to take part and to meet you and chat to some of the other artists as well. And it's great to hear that the show has been so well received…I'll be in touch as I'd love to sign up for a couple of surgery sessions in the near future” Julie Rafalski (London-based artist)“Thanks so much (I) very much appreciated your kind words about my work. I really wanted to come down to see you and the show, but unfortunately couldn't make it. I saw the video on Twitter and thought it looked fantastic, well done for having such a lovely space and vision” Sara Brannan (Sheffield-based artist)“It was a pleasure showing at WW, and I found the whole experience very enjoyable.” Tristram Aver (Midlands-based artist)“I would like to congratulate you on the show. It was absolutely brilliant! One of the best, if not the best I have seen recently! Great selection of artists. Really enjoyed it.” Alicja Dobrucka (London-based Polish artist)“I just wanted to say that I thought the shortlisted artists look really interesting and I will be keen to see more of their work” Andrew Litten (Cornish-based artist)“I just wanted to say thank you for the support you have shown me throughout the WW Solo Award group show – I really think you curated the works excellently and very much enjoyed seeing the show. The place where you hung my piece was wonderful, so thank you for that as well” Sarah Kate Wilson (London-based artist)“I enjoyed the private view very much for the Solo Award show. The selection of work was really great and a lot of people I know who came gave me really lovely feedback about all the work. It was a fun evening” Alison Bickmore